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Why it is important to support Official AGSW events.

December 22, 2024 (updated December 22, 2024) Published by

If the seal is missing, it probably isn’t an official #AGSW2025 event that gives back to our Q+ Community.

So why is this important? Well, to start, rainbow washing. There’s a lot of talk but little walk when companies rainbow wash. You should know that our team works tirelessly to put on an event that gives back to you, the LGBTQIA2S+ ( Q+ for short, thank you @bendigras for coining this term ) Community. We also go to bat when companies, individuals, or other organizations try to use our name without consent or giving back.

So, during this AGSW, look for the official seal and feel good knowing your patronage is helping Q+ youth, mental health services, and more in the RFV and beyond.

Look at a small part of what AspenOUT has supported over the years.

What is the best Gay Ski Week in the world?

August 6, 2023 (updated August 6, 2023) Published by

We might be biased, but the best Gay Ski Week in the world is AGSW. With a history deep in philanthropy and protest, AGSW continues to forge ahead and earn the title of the “alpha and the omega of gay ski weeks” – Condé Naste.

It all started when a group of local Aspen gays, Jon Busch, David Hoch, Tom Duesterberg, Russell Anderson, and others, along with groups of gay tourists from various ski clubs (San Diego, Los Angeles, and Chicago), decided to meet more officially every January to celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community. Every year each ski club volunteered to host parties on different nights to which all were invited. The local contingent’s contribution was, at first, only a welcoming party to kick things off. But over the years, the all-volunteer “let’s put on a show” effort became the world’s first and, for many years only, gay ski week.

Going on our 47th Year in 2024, we look to continue to grow… maybe into Snowmass 😉 But you’ll soon find out.